>> Automatic code generation from tools has been the subject of wishful 
>> thinking for decades. Yes, CASE tools do exist. But where are they 
>> used, and how powerful are they really?
> 
> I think part of the problem is that you can't go back. You generate the 
> code from the CASE tool, and then when you modify the code, you can't 
> generate the CASE tool files from it.

Well, when you compile a C program, you don't then edit the generated 
machine code. You edit the original C program and recompile.

Similarly with CASE, you edit in the case tool and then regenerate the 
source code.

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